My Bloody Valentine have announced the release of their first album in 22 years.

The follow-up to 1991's Loveless, which has been long delayed, was trailed on the band's Facebook page on Saturday (February 2), with the message: "We are preparing to go live with the new album/website this evening. We will make an announcement as soon as its up (sic)".

The album, titled mbv, was then set live on My Bloody Valentine's official website just after midnight GMT on Sunday (February 3), with the site crashing due to demand shortly after.

mbv has been made available as a download, CD and vinyl release, with the physical formats to be posted to all purchasers within three weeks of the release date. The album is downloadable in a choice of 16-bit 44.1k wav files, 320kbps mp3s or 24-bit 96k wav file.

Frontman Kevin Shields had previously revealed in November that the new album was halfway through mixing, and that it was "warmer" and "a more emotionally connecting record than anything we've done before".